Several states in Brazil are trying to rid themselves of rainforest protections, bowing to pressures from cattle ranchers and ...

Thousands of fires are ravaging the Amazon rainforest in Brazil - the most intense blazes for almost a decade. The northern states of Roraima, Acre, Rondônia and Amazonas have been particularly ...

in the Amazon that was on public land belonging to the federal government and the state of Amazonas. Last week’s ruling was the largest civil case brought for climate crimes in Brazil to date ...

Deforestation of the Amazon ... occurred in the states of Mato Grosso and Pará, and marked a 13.7% rise over last year's figures. Mato Grosso is the top producer of grains in Brazil, and critics ...

The estimate comes from the National Institute for Space Research, which tracks Brazil's official deforestation rate. This surge in fire comes one year before the Amazon city of Belem will host ...

A historic agreement that's helped curb deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon for nearly two decades suffered a major blow after Mato Grosso, the country´s largest soybean-producing state ...

RIO BRANCO, Brazil ... southwestern Amazon, fast-growing bamboo is overtaking lands ravaged by fire and drought. And in the devastated transitional forests of Mato Grosso state, researchers ...